Alternative Learning Organization

As fans of talk-show host Jay Leno’s man-on-the-street interviews know, Americans suffer from a national epidemic of historical and civic ignorance. But just because most Americans know more about “American Idol” than they do about American government doesn’t necessarily mean it’s entirely their fault. Americans’ historical apathy is also an indictment of the way history [...]

This excerpt is from John Taylor Gatto’s new book, Weapons of Mass Instruction. He has given permission to re-print his Bartleby Project proposal on the internet un-cut and not for profit. The goal of the project is to strike at the heart of one of the central directives of the schooling system: standardized testing. If [...]